Lapland Odyssey

Lapland Odyssey

92 mins | Comedy | Oct. 15, 2010

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

Lapland Odyssey

92 mins | Comedy | Oct. 15, 2010

Lapland Odyssey
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Screen Ireland, Film i Väst, Helsinki Filmi, Anagram Film, Ripple World Pictures, Suomen Elokuvasäätiö
Original title Napapiirin sankarit
Directors Dome Karukoski
Writers Pekko Pesonen

Cast

Jussi Vatanen

as Janne

Timo Lavikainen

as Räihänen

Pamela Tola

as Inari

Kari Ketonen

as Pikku-Mikko

Miia Nuutila

as Marjukka

Konsta Mäkelä

as Hatunen

Sinikka Mokkila

as Jannen äiti

Erkki Hetta

as Jannen isä

Asko Sahlman

as Martti Juntura

Rinna Paatso

as Marjukan kaveri

Moa Gammel

as Anna

Anna-Leena Härkönen

as Reseptionisti

Camilla Jacobsen

as Seireeni 1

Jane Timglas

as Seireeni 2

Melissa Heininen

as Kapua iskevä tyttö

Ulla Tapaninen

as Räihäsen äiti

Markku Köngäs

as Poliisi 1

Teuvo Alakunnas

as Poliisi 2

Janne Reinikainen

as Kittilän runkkari 1

Kari Hietalahti

as Kittilän runkkari 2

Tommi Liski

as Kittilän runkkari 3

Andrei Tsumak

as Sergei

Ruslan Susi

as Pjotr

Elvira Tensina

as Vera

Julia Lyubchenko

as Jelena

Kari Koivukangas

as Taksikuski Rovaniemellä

Minttu Leppänen

as Oksentava tyttö

Pekka Hietaniemi

as Ilmari Tuomi

Esa Harju

as Toivo

Sakke Lipponen

as Jaakko Kivi

Mikko Kunnari

as Naiseton hippi

Keijo Haapalainen

as Kalle Laamanen

Riitta Nilimaa

as Nuuskakairan-baarin myyjätär

Jannika Öberg

as Karaoke-emäntä

Kari Känsäkoski

as Taksikuski Ylläksellä 1

Jarkko Ylläsjärvi

as Taksikuski Ylläksellä 1

Maria Lahtinen

as Huoltoaseman myyjätär

Matti Törhönen

as Radion uutistenlukija (voice)

Jussi Eskola

as Hiihtoselostaja (voice)

Joonas Makkonen

as Mies baarissa (uncredited)